Chapter 606 Is this the tacit understanding between the emperor and the ministers? (Updated 2)
Lu Chengtian really felt that there was no problem with his plan.
After the incident when he robbed the two-wheeled vehicle of his unlucky son last time, and his unlucky son emptied his long-accumulated private warehouse, they already had a tacit understanding.
If he showed some goodwill first, his unlucky son would definitely not care about the previous things. Grain seeds concern the people of the world, and he would definitely take out the grain seeds and let the people plant them.
Lu Chengtian was really full of confidence.
Then, the next morning, Lu Chengtian got the news that the prince went to the hot spring manor for treatment.
Lu Chengtian: "..."
Where did the tacit understanding between them go?
Lu Chengtian looked at the memorials on the table and didn't want to turn over any of them.
Who knows what this unfortunate son is thinking about.
Then Lu Chengtian looked at the ministers who were reading the memorials in the Wenhua Palace. They were all quite old and must have had children. He wondered how they got along with their sons.
Lu Chengtian's eyes were so oppressive that the eight ministers in the palace couldn't concentrate on reviewing the memorials.
There was no way. The emperor had been killing people like crazy recently. The officialdom, the scholars, and the noble families were all covered in blood. It was almost as if rivers of blood had been flowing. It had only
been a few days since he got better, but he started to behave abnormally again.
The emperor was so abnormal. Did he want to start with one of them?
Or, is there anyone among them who is so desperate that he dares to charge into the muzzle of the gun at this time, provoking the emperor's bloodshed again?
The efficiency of the eight ministers in reading memorials today is lower than ever before. They are all worried and can only secretly hope that this torture will end soon.
However, the emperor doesn't know what's going on. His eyes keep turning back and forth on their heads, making them more and more nervous and scared.
Several people always feel that there is a sharp knife on their heads, which may fall down at any time.
If the result comes out immediately, and the knife is chopped off immediately, they can unite, sticking their heads out is a knife, and retracting their heads is also a knife, as long as the current situation can be ended.
It is too terrifying to be stared at by the emperor all the time.
But the current situation is that the cold sword is right above their heads. They can't do it. Being surrounded by fear all the time is too unbearable.
Sure enough, the emperor knows how to torture people.
The atmosphere in Wenhua Palace became more and more depressing and weird. In the end, it was the Prime Minister who was closest to the emperor who spoke up and saved all his colleagues.
"Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with me today?"
Lu Chengtian retracted his gaze and stopped at Tong Qingfeng again. "I remember that your eldest son is very talented and filial. I have never heard of him saying a word of disobedience. I wonder how you usually discipline your son?"
Tong Qingfeng's mind went blank for a moment. His brain was thinking rapidly about what the emperor's words meant.
Why did the emperor suddenly care about the relationship between his ministers and his son?
Could it be related to the prince's recent reputation among the people?
The prince acted so arrogantly, and the news of the new grain has been widely circulated among the people. It is estimated that in the hearts of the people, the prince's status is higher than that of the emperor.
Being suppressed by his son, no emperor can accept it.
Obviously, the emperor is now dissatisfied with the prince, so he deliberately hinted in front of these ministers.
Tong Qingfeng felt that he had guessed the truth and understood the emperor's intention.
"Your Majesty, my son was naughty when he was young. He didn't like to study and always ran out to play. Every time I found out, I would punish him severely."
"Children need to be disciplined when they are young. Over time, they will naturally understand what they can and cannot do. When they grow up, they will naturally understand the painstaking efforts of their fathers."
Tong Qingfeng's words were a clear signal to the other ministers in Wenhua Palace.
None of the ministers who could get to the top of the six ministries, the first and second assistant ministers, were fools. They were definitely people with a very smart mind.
They were being watched by the emperor for such a long time, and they were very nervous. They had never figured out the problem, and the final crux was actually here!
Sure enough, the prince had been too arrogant recently.
There is no emperor who would have no grudges in his heart when he heard that someone's reputation was higher than his, especially when the other party was the crown prince, a person who could legitimately inherit the throne.
It would certainly not be pleasant to be in the crisis of being replaced at this moment. Not only would it be uncomfortable, but he would also be repeatedly tortured by this strong sense of crisis.
Now the emperor can no longer bear it and has begun to hint to these ministers.
At this time, they should act as caring and loyal ministers, loyal ministers who share the emperor's worries.
Several other ministers echoed in succession, saying that educating children means using some more severe means, so that the children can become talents.
Maybe when the children are young, they don't understand the painstaking efforts of these fathers, but when the children grow up, they will definitely be able to understand.
The implication is, Your Majesty, if you really want to punish the prince, then punish him, don't worry too much, this is normal, they are like this at home.
Listening to the almost identical answers from everyone, Lu Chengtian suddenly felt that, it seems that he has been very good to his son.
Thinking about it carefully, he has really punished him very severely since he was a child, and he only beat him with a stick once.
But just this time, the consequences were extremely terrible and unbearable for him.
What's more, he regretted it every midnight.
The son's body was ruined because of this stick!
In addition, whether it is house arrest, confinement, or letting the great scholar teach him, it feels like it is not punishing the son, it seems to be punishing himself.
After all, no matter what kind of punishment, he not only didn't care, but even found fun in it.
Later on, he was even more powerful. He finally couldn't bear the loneliness and stretched his claws to the great scholars who taught him, causing these great scholars who had read books and studied for a lifetime to change their careers.
There was no way. Faced with the various questions of such a small prince, these great scholars who claimed to be well-educated could not answer them!!!
As teachers, they are supposed to teach and answer questions, but they couldn't even answer the prince's questions, which was a disgrace to the title of Taifu!
The teachers that Lu Chengtian had found for the prince with great effort basically only taught the prince for a few days, and then went to the emperor with a face full of shame to confess their incompetence, saying that they were not qualified to teach the prince, and they needed to go home to continue their studies.
The past was unbearable to look back on, and Lu Chengtian now felt his head buzzing when he thought of what he had experienced during that time.